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I like my fridge to be cold so food will not spoil. But it gets very hot around here, so it can be a battle, especially if I can't run the AC all the time. I bought a solar powered fan-forced fridge roof vent and I do the following:
Pre-cool or pre-freeze everything before putting it into the RV's fridge, which I also pre-cool before stocking. Any empty space in the fridge gets packed with either pre-cooled or frozen stuff, even if it is just water bottles. I put milk in the back of the fridge and preferably in an insulated bottle. This keeps the fridge from having to work to get the heat out of food stocked into it and recovery is much quicker during hot months if air space in the fridge is filled with cold items.
And make sure your fridge light is going out when the door is closing. I removed a shelf in the door, not realizing that the shelf was necessary to press the button that turns off the light. I am replacing my light with an LED that doesn't produce as much heat.
Pre-cool or pre-freeze everything before putting it into the RV's fridge, which I also pre-cool before stocking. Any empty space in the fridge gets packed with either pre-cooled or frozen stuff, even if it is just water bottles. I put milk in the back of the fridge and preferably in an insulated bottle. This keeps the fridge from having to work to get the heat out of food stocked into it and recovery is much quicker during hot months if air space in the fridge is filled with cold items.
And make sure your fridge light is going out when the door is closing. I removed a shelf in the door, not realizing that the shelf was necessary to press the button that turns off the light. I am replacing my light with an LED that doesn't produce as much heat.
